Carrick House, Selwyn Place, Holly Cottage, & Gwynn Place: Short Steampunk Adventures

Summary

This box set contains four novellas in the bestselling Magnificent Devices steampunk series.

Carrick House: Married eight months, Lady Claire Trevelyan and Dr. Andrew Malvern are blissfully working together on a new invention, and providing a home for a collection of street sparrows. Then Claire's mother, the redoubtable Lady Jermyn, arrives with her family in tow and expects to stay indefinitely . . . Peony Churchill turns up on the doorstep with valise in hand . . .

Selwyn Place: When Lady Emilie Selwyn invites Andrew and Lady Claire Malvern to her very first country house party, Claire is delighted to offer her help—until she discovers that Peony Churchill is also on the guest list.

Holly Cottage: Maggie Polgarth astonishes everyone at Carrick House when, in a bid for independence, she buys a plot of land and a cottage near Vauxhall Gardens. From one decision, change ripples outward in the flock.

Gwynn Place: The winds of change are blowing—Lady Claire is a big sister again with the arrival of little Caroline, and eight-year-old Nicholas is preparing to go to Eton.